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USGS streamflow, stage, site, daily-value, water-quality, and groundwater observations.

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About USGS Water Observations

Find USGS monitoring sites and retrieve bounded current, daily, and groundwater observations for property and site diligence. Measurements describe the published monitoring site and period; they do not establish water rights, site-specific availability, flood safety, or water quality at a parcel.

Published byUSGS Water Services
UpdatesFreshness not declared
CredentialsNone of your own
Used forwatergroundwaterstreamflowsite-diligenceusgs

⚠ Products and freshness vary by service and site; observations can be provisional and later revised.

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Connect USGS Water Observations to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and other MCP clients

Pick the tool your team uses for the exact setup steps.

  1. 1

    Open Claude settings

    Launch Claude, click the profile button (bottom left), and go to Settings.

  2. 2

    Access connectors

    Open the Connectors tab, scroll to the bottom, and click “Add custom connector”.

  3. 3

    Name your connector

    Enter any name you’d like for this connector.

  4. 4

    Get the connector URL

    Log in to ParcelOps, open the /mcp page, and copy the connector URL you want to use.

  5. 5

    Add the connector

    Paste the URL into the “Remote MCP server URL” box and click Add.

  6. 6

    Start using

    Your USGS Water Observations connector is ready to use in Claude.